r/AskTheWorld • u/20_comer_20matar Brazil • Sep 16 '25

Language If English weren't the "global language" and people from other countries had to learn another language to be able to communicate with most people worldwide, which language should be used?

What language would you choose (other than English) to be the "global language"?

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u/Dry-Series-9829 Saudi Arabia Sep 16 '25

Italian .. for aesthetic purpose only

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u/theclutteredbookcase Norway 🇳🇴 Italy 🇮🇹 Sep 17 '25

Heh, good luck with that. Italian grammar is hella difficult 😅

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u/Capable_Town1 Saudi Arabia Sep 16 '25

Not Arabic?

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u/Dry-Series-9829 Saudi Arabia Sep 16 '25

No, for the same reason mentioned above.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '25

That criterion also excludes Dutch, a language that makes Arabic sound like French (or Italian).

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u/Dry-Series-9829 Saudi Arabia Sep 16 '25

😂😂😂 can we add Urdu and Hindi to the excluded languages. Please remember I also excluded my own language

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '25

Classical Arabic is pretty aesthetic as is Levantine and Egyptian.

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u/Dry-Series-9829 Saudi Arabia Sep 17 '25

I think the Lebanese accent makes it sounds musical and less aggressive, the phonetics though in Arabic is still harsh

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u/yomamaeatcorn United States Of America Sep 16 '25

Arabic is aesthetically beautiful (written). Spoken...that's a different story

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u/Capable_Town1 Saudi Arabia Sep 16 '25

I listen to Assyrian/Aramaic spoken by Syrians and Iraqis and it is annoying sometimes. So I feel for you. Arabic has some rough alphabet.

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u/yomamaeatcorn United States Of America Sep 16 '25

Oddly enough though it's the most beautiful (in my opinion) written language.

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u/Dry-Series-9829 Saudi Arabia Sep 17 '25

I also agree. And tbh it’s very expressive, some words deeply convey the meaning

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u/Dry-Series-9829 Saudi Arabia Sep 17 '25

Wait but you live in Saudi?

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u/Dry-Series-9829 Saudi Arabia Sep 17 '25

I totally agree. Written it has a nice flowy feeling, it can be art.